Google targeted by email scam impersonating Docs service

Iain Lynn

Google has shut down an email spam campaign that impersonated its online file service, Google Docs.

According to online reports - in particular, a detailed user thread on Reddit - clicking on an emailed share link, purportedly from a known source, was taking users to a site that asked permission for a fake app calling itself "Google Docs" to access their accounts.

If they agreed, the app would then send additional copies of the original email to the users' contacts.